Tierney jokes about DU’s trip to N.Y. to face Johns Hopkins

Third-seeded Johns Hopkins University awaits the No. 6 DU Pioneers, who will make their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals on Saturday in Hempstead, N.Y. The Blue Jays (13-2) and Pioneers (14-2) meet at 12:30 p.m. (ESPN2) at Shuart Stadium, home of Hofstra University.

Johns Hopkins beat Hofstra 12-5 on Saturday in the first round. On Sunday, DU rallied to beat Villanova 13-10.

The quarterfinals are at prearranged sites. Johns Hopkins is in Baltimore.

“I kind of find it funny that one team plays Saturday at noon and the other one plays Sunday (afternoon) and has to travel 2,000 to get (the second round),” Tierney said. “But you know what, if you told me that I was going to be in this situation, I wouldn’t care if we played (yesterday) and (today) and had a flight in between.”